24-06-2014

Estuary event details

Estuary	Gellibrand River Estuary
Region	Corangamite CMA
Event type	Weather Event
Date and time	24 June 2014 10:30am
Description	1.58@ 12:45 Waves well up on sand dunes all along beach & completely across the entrance chopping out the side of dunes below GP1 site, Photo had to be taken slightly lower than the actual site as It was impossible to use the camera or even kneel. Whole area was being seriously sand blasted - not possible to walk in many places Waves in all direction in channel, large whirlpools occurring but mainly travelling down channel then turning east to severely impact the east side & scour out the south side as they went lots of airborne foam & fine mist. Some waves were also going over the top of the tunnel gate. Smaller waves resulting from the above were travelling in a more NE direction & impacting on ocean car park area. Water was also over most of west loop of OCR. Bridge shows green water. Interesting that the old & now unused flood marker on the bridge is reading at about the level( 43 )that an artificial opening (according to the locals) should have occurred. Water going over OOR note that it is coming from the south side (nearest the sea), it was completely over later in the day, but Matt Bowker informs me this morning that the road is clear but has very large ruts. Water was over bank along Latrobe creek with wetlands flooding extensively. Water was in west end of camp ground & across flats to the west & NE. The OCR was not flooded but water was forming along the edge between Bridge & camp Fishing platform apart from the top rail was underwater